This medications onset time is 5-15 minutes so this medication should be taken in close proximity to a meal -Correct Answer Humalog
On a thin patient, this angle is best when giving a subcutaneous injection -Correct Answer 45 degrees
This is what diabetics should do prior to exercise -Correct...
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This medications onset time is 5-15 minutes so this medication should be taken in close
proximity to a meal -Correct Answer ✔Humalog
On a thin patient, this angle is best when giving a subcutaneous injection -Correct
Answer ✔45 degrees
This is what diabetics should do prior to exercise -Correct Answer ✔Eat a snack or a
meal
This class of medications can increase sugar levels causing a need for more insulin -
Correct Answer ✔Glucocorticoids
This is the drug of choice for a hyperglycemic patient who is unresponsive and has no
IV site -Correct Answer ✔Glucagon
If a patient presents with UTI-like symptoms, this must be done prior to administering
any antibiotics -Correct Answer ✔Obtain a urinalysis and/or urine culture
These are the routes of administration for glucagon -Correct Answer ✔Subcutaneous,
IM, and IV
Stopping the administration of this drug class abruptly can cause Addison's disease -
Correct Answer ✔Glucocorticoids
Smoking, age (35 and older), uterine cancer, pregnancy, and a history of DVT are all
contrainindications for this class of medication -Correct Answer ✔Hormonal
contraceptives
Administration of this hormone medication should be first thing in the morning and on an
empty stomach -Correct Answer ✔Levothyroxine
For children under 8 years of age, teeth discoloration is a common side effect of this
drug -Correct Answer ✔Tetracycline
Steroids, diphenhydramine, and epinephrine can be given to reduce the symptoms of
this -Correct Answer ✔Allergic reaction
This class of antibiotics when mixed with alcohol can cause a disulfiram reaction -
Correct Answer ✔Cephalosporins
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Azithromycin falls into this class of antibiotics -Correct Answer ✔Macrolides
A compromised immune system and antibiotic use can put patients at risk for
developing this -Correct Answer ✔Super infection
Antitubercular medications can cause these lab values to be elevated -Correct Answer
✔Liver function tests (LFTs)
Red-pink urine, elevate temperature, and elevated kidney function tests can be caused
by this -Correct Answer ✔Urinary tract infection
Elevated serum uric acid and WBCs are expected in this disease process -Correct
Answer ✔Gout
This class of antibiotics is associated with hepatotoxicity, so liver function must be
closely monitored -Correct Answer ✔Macrolides
This disease process is present when a patient has an elevated TSH and decreased T3
and T4 -Correct Answer ✔Hypothyroidism
Patient education for Nystatin/mycostatin includes this -Correct Answer ✔Do not eat or
drink anything directly following a dose
A patient on oral contraceptives who is prescribed tetracycline should be told to do what
-Correct Answer ✔Use 2 forms of birth control
Patient education for this class of medication should include, avoid minerals such as
iron or zinc, avoid direct sunlight, and report calf tenderness -Correct Answer
✔Fluoroquinolones
Tachycardia, hypertension, palpitations, and seizures are all adverse reactions of this
thyroid condition -Correct Answer ✔Thyroid Storm
This can be caused when antibiotics are taken for viral infections, stopped prior to
therapy condition, or the same medication is used over and over -Correct Answer
✔Resistance
Patient education for this hormone replacement drug is to take the lowest dose possible
to achieve the intended effect and to not take for more than 5 years -Correct Answer
✔Premarin
Patient education for this drug includes it can turn urine orange and painful bladder
spasms should be reduced -Correct Answer ✔Pyridium
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